Everybody always thinks that. But in just about every album I’ve ever had has been about 50-50 songs I’ve written or co-written and other people’s songs.
ALAN JACKSONJust try to do music that you like and you are proud of and not just whatever you think it’s going to take to get you on the radio.
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The fan base that I’ve had all these years has come along.
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I think if you retire from touring, then people think you are retired.
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Did you rejoice for the people who walked from the rubble, and sob for the ones left below?
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I have my little antique car collection, and when the weather is pretty I like to get out one of my old cars.
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Did you stand there in shock at the sight of that black smoke risin’ against that blue sky?
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Flesh is weak, but love is strong.
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I like to write sad songs. They’re much easier to write and you get a lot more emotion into them. But people don’t want to hear them as much.
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All you hear about on the news is all the bad stuff everyday, but what was refreshing to me was after that, you saw how many good people there are out there.
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I always try to make the music that I like and think my fans will like.
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Pour me something tall and strong, make it a Hurricane before I go insane.
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Somebody will come in with a hook and a lot of times they come out with something that sounds a little crafty.
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I have a little route I run down in the country, down Nachez Trace Parkway.
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And radio definitely doesn’t; they want that positive, uptempo thing.
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There’s no hall of fame for that working class hero, no statue carved out of stone. And his greatest reward is the love of a woman and his children.
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Did you weep for the children who lost their dear loved ones and pray for the ones who don’t know?
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